衝脉者，經脉之海也，主滲灌谿谷，與陽明合於宗筋。
冲脉者，经脉之海也，主渗灌溪谷，与阳明合于宗筋。
Chōng mài zhě, jīng mài zhī hǎi yě, zhǔ shèn guàn xī gǔ, yǔ yáng míng hé yú zōng jīn.
The thoroughfare vessel is the sea of the conduit vessels; it percolates into and irrigates the ravines and valleys, and joins yang brightness at the ancestral sinews.
**「衝脉者，經脉之海也」——**「衝」讀 chōng，**底本作「衝」，本篇1見**；「谿」讀 xī、**「谿谷」之谿，讀 xī，同「溪」**；「滲」讀 shèn、**「滲灌」讀 shèn guàn**。
衝脉氣所發者二十二穴：俠鳩尾外各半寸至齊寸一，俠齊下傍各五分至横骨寸一，腹脉法也。
冲脉气所发者二十二穴：侠鸠尾外各半寸至脐寸一，侠脐下傍各五分至横骨寸一，腹脉法也。
Chōng mài qì suǒ fā zhě èr shí èr xué: xié jiū wěi wài gè bàn cùn zhì qí cùn yī, xié qí xià bàng gè wǔ fēn zhì héng gǔ cùn yī, fù mài fǎ yě.
What the qi of the thoroughfare vessel sends forth is twenty-two points: one to each inch from half an inch outside the dove’s tail down to the navel; one to each inch from five fen beside the navel down to the cross bone — this is the method of counting by the belly vessels.
「「衝」讀 chōng「脉」讀 mài氣所發者，二十二穴」——**本目第四十四篇所立，取其為經脉之海；此處則計其所發二十二穴**；**「衝」讀 chōng，不从「冲」，本篇1見**；**此條之度：俠鳩尾外各半寸至齊，俠齊下傍各五分至横骨，每寸一穴**；「横」讀 héng、**本篇「横」2見，讀 héng；底本从木作「横」，不从「橫」**
衝脉者，起於氣街，並少陰之經，俠齊上行，至胸中而散。
冲脉者，起于气街，并少阴之经，侠脐上行，至胸中而散。
Chōng mài zhě, qǐ yú qì jiē, bìng shào yīn zhī jīng, xié qí shàng xíng, zhì xiōng zhōng ér sàn.
The thoroughfare vessel begins at Qi Street, runs alongside the lesser yin channel, ascends beside the navel, and disperses in the chest.
「「衝」讀 chōng「脉」讀 mài「者」讀 zhě，起於氣街」——**本篇「衝脉」2見，皆讀 chōng mài，不从「冲」**；**衝脉並少陰之經，俠齊上行，至胸中而散；為病則逆氣裏急**；**下文「爲衝疝」之衝亦此一脉**
歧伯曰：女子七歲，腎氣盛，齒更髮長。二七而天癸至，任脉通，太衝脉盛，月事以時下，故有子。三七腎氣平均，故真牙生而長極。四七筋骨堅，髮長極，身體盛壯。五七陽明脉衰，面始焦，髮始墮。六七三陽脉衰於上。面皆焦。髮始白。七七任脉虛，太衝脉衰少，天癸竭，地道不通，故形壞而無子也。
歧伯曰：女子七岁，肾气盛，齿更发长。二七而天癸至，任脉通，太冲脉盛，月事以时下，故有子。三七肾气平均，故真牙生而长极。四七筋骨坚，发长极，身体盛壮。五七阳明脉衰，面始焦，发始堕。六七三阳脉衰于上。面皆焦。发始白。七七任脉虚，太冲脉衰少，天癸竭，地道不通，故形坏而无子也。
Qí Bó yuē: nǚ zǐ qī suì, shèn qì shèng, chǐ gēng fà zhǎng. èr qī ér tiān guǐ zhì, rèn mài tōng, tài chōng mài shèng, yuè shì yǐ shí xià, gù yǒu zǐ. sān qī shèn qì píng jūn, gù zhēn yá shēng ér cháng jí. sì qī jīn gǔ jiān, fà cháng jí, shēn tǐ shèng zhuàng. wǔ qī yáng míng mài shuāi, miàn shǐ jiāo, fà shǐ duò. liù qī sān yáng mài shuāi yú shàng. miàn jiē jiāo. fà shǐ bái. qī qī rèn mài xū, tài chōng mài shuāi shǎo, tiān guǐ jié, dì dào bù tōng, gù xíng huài ér wú zǐ yě.
Qi Bo said: at seven a girl’s kidney qi is full — the teeth change and the hair grows. At fourteen the heavenly water arrives, the conception vessel opens, the great surge vessel is full, and the menses come down in season, so she can bear children. At twenty-one the kidney qi is even and balanced, so the wisdom teeth come and growth reaches its extreme. At twenty-eight the sinews and bones are firm, the hair has grown to its utmost, and the body is at its fullest strength. At thirty-five the yangming vessel declines, the face begins to sear and the hair begins to fall. At forty-two the three yang vessels decline in the upper part; the face is entirely seared and the hair begins to whiten. At forty-nine the conception vessel is empty, the great surge vessel is decayed and scant, the heavenly water is exhausted and the way of the earth is blocked, so the body is broken down and she can have no children.
「太衝脉盛」——衝脉即太衝脉，讀 chōng mài；**「衝脉」本篇2見**